ai4bharat/Pralekha huggingface dataset:
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Several measures have been taken by the Government to provide Skill training according to global standards
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship  has identified ‘Skill Bench-marking’ as a high priority area in its foreign engagements. However, given the lack of any unified/collective global benchmark standards, MSDE has decided to take up the issue bilaterally with selected countries. Presently, requirement of bilateral skills benchmarking has been recognized as an area of cooperation by India and United Arab Emirates , KSA. Further, MSDE has also taken up the matter during the bilateral negotiations with Australia, Singapore, and other countries.
As an initial step to the objective of Skill Harmonization and Benchmarking of Job roles, NSDC International under the aegis of MSDE has done a global assessment of demand for the skilled work force in 16 destination countries namely, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Germany, Japan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, United States of America, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.
MSDE is working for international mobility of skilled, trained, and certified workers from all over India including rural areas. At present India is witnessing an unprecedented opportunity in the form of the ‘demographic dividend’ with 60% of Indian population in the working age group. Of these, around two third people are residing in rural areas. This gives India a unique position and by leveraging this India can become a global supply hub of skilled and trained workforce.
In order to utilize this opportunity, MSDE has taken various steps in this regard; such as bilateral engagements with different countries to provide a framework of cooperation in areas like information exchange, standard setting, recognition of qualification, etc. NSDC under the aegis of MSDE has singed Business to Business Agreements with business entities of various countries to facilitate overseas mobility of Indian skilled workforce, capacity building of trainers, employer engagements, etc.
Furthermore, to facilitate the international mobility of skilled manpower, a dedicated company namely NSDC International , a 100% subsidiary of NSDC has been set up. NSDC  is aiming to create a network of Skill India International  Institutions by involving Government and Private institutions. SII will provide global career mobility opportunities to the aspiring candidates in an internationally bench marked quality skills ecosystem.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Communications
High Speed Internet
Broadband/Internet services are provided in a phased manner by the Government and Telecom Services Provider  in the uncovered villages of the country, including Scheduled caste, Scheduled Tribe dominated remote villages. The Government, with funding from Universal Service Obligation Fund , has schemes namely Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for North Eastern Region, Left Wing Extremism  Affected Area schemes, Aspirational Districts Schemes, Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for Islands, etc. to extend Broadband/Internet services through setting up of towers in the uncovered villages of the country, including Scheduled caste, Scheduled Tribe dominated remote villages. About 4,330 mobile towers have been installed under various USOF schemes.
The Union Cabinet on 27.07.2022 approved a project for saturation of 4G mobile services in uncovered villages across the country at a total cost of Rs. 26,316 Cr. The project will provide 4G mobile services in 24,680 uncovered villages in remote and difficult areas. The project has a provision to include 20% additional villages on account of rehabilitation, new-settlements, withdrawal of services by existing operators etc. In addition, 6,279 villages having only 2G/3G connectivity shall be upgraded to 4G.
BharatNet project is implemented in a phased manner to provide broadband connectivity to all Gram Panchayats  in the country, including Scheduled caste, Scheduled Tribe dominated remote villages, as on 25.07.2022, total 1,78,044 GPs have been made Service Ready. The infrastructure created under BharatNet project can be utilized by Service providers, for provisioning of broadband/internet services. The scope of BharatNet has been recently extended up to all inhabited villages beyond GPs in the country with the timeline as 2025.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications, Shri Devusinh Chauhan in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Creation of Directorate General of Trade Remedies  in Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce formally issued notification for creation of Directorate General of Trade Remedies  in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Hon’ble Commerce and Industry Minister Sh. Suresh Prabhu has given his approval for creation of DGTR in Department of Commerce, consequent upon amendment carried out by Government of India to the Government of India  Rules, 1961 on May 7, 2018 in this regard.
DGTR will be the apex National Authority for administering all trade remedial measures including anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguard measures. The DGTR will bring Directorate General of Anti-dumping and Allied duties , Directorate General of Safeguards  and Safeguards  functions of DGFT into its fold by merging them into one single national entity. It will also provide trade defence support to our domestic industry and exporters in dealing with increasing instances of trade remedy investigations instituted against them by other countries. In the last three years, India initiated more than 130 anti-dumping/countervailing duty/safeguard cases to deal with the rising incidences of unfair trade practices and to provide a level playing field to the domestic industry.
DGTR has been approved with a sanctioned strength of 112 posts drawn from Directorate General of Anti-dumping and Allied duties of Department of Commerce and Directorate General of Safeguards of CBEC. DGTR will be a multi service organization drawing upon the skill-set of various officers from the field of International Trade, Customs, Revenue, Finance, Economics, Costing and Law. The creation of DGTR will also result in savings of 49 posts to the Government on account of merging DGAD and DGS. This has been in tune with the goal of the Prime Minister to have “Minimum Government Maximum Governance”.
Sh. Suresh Prabhu, Commerce and Industry Minister has expressed satisfaction over creation of DGTR, an issue pending since 1997, and has termed it to be manifestation of vision of Prime Minister to provide a level playing field to our domestic industry.
Ministry of Defence
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to light up ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaal’and begin 50th anniversary celebrations of Indo-Pak War
In December 1971, the Indian Armed Forces secured a decisive and historic Victory over Pakistan Army, which led to creation of a Nation - Bangladesh and also resulted in the largest Military Surrender after the World War – II. From 16 December, the Nation will be celebrating 50 Years of Indo-Pak War, also called ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’. Various commemorative events are planned across the Nation.
Inaugural event will be held at the National War Memorial  in New Delhi tomorrow which will be attended by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. On his arrival, the Prime Minister will be received by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at the venue.
The Prime Minister, Chief of Defence Staff & Tri-Service Chiefs will lay wreath and pay homage to the fallen soldiers. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will light up the ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaal’ from the eternal flame of NWM on the occasion. Four Victory Mashaals  will be lit from the Eternal Flame of NWM. These Mashaals will be carried to various parts of the country including to villages of Param Vir Chakra and MahaVir Chakra Awardees of 1971 War. Soil from the villages of these Awardees and from areas where major battles were fought in 1971 are being brought to the NWM.
Various commemorative events will be conducted pan-India wherein war Veterans and Veer Naris will be felicitated and events like band displays, seminars, exhibitions, equipment displays, film festivals, conclave and adventure activities are planned.
Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Yesso Naik and other senior civil & military officials of the Ministry of Defence will also be present on the occasion.
Ministry of External Affairs
Union Minister Piyush Goyal receives the first batch of home bound Indians from Ukraine at the Mumbai International Airport
Mumbai | Feb 26, 2022
Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal received the first batch of home-bound Indians from Ukraine, as the first evacuation flight of Air India, AIC 1944 touched down at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai at 7.50 this evening. The aircraft, which had taken off from the Henri Coanda International Airport, Bucharest, Romania this afternoon, brought home 219 passengers, mostly students from India.
Shri Piyush Goyal said “glad to see the smiles on the faces of Indians safely evacuated from Ukraine at the Mumbai airport”
Shri Goyal asked the returning passengers to speak to their friends still in Ukraine and reassure them not to worry. He said the Government is working in mission mode to ensure safety of our citizens. The Minister said that PM Shri Narendra Modi has spoken with the Ukrainian President and stressed about the safety of Indian citizens. The Minister informed that the Russians have also promised to help evacuate all Indians.
Shri Goyal said more evacuation flights are being operated and the second flight is likely to land in Delhi in the wee hours of Sunday.
The Minister whole heartedly thanked Air India for its commitment to the national cause, which was met with an applause by all the homecoming passengers.
Large number of relatives of homebound passengers were present at the arrival concourse of the Mumbai airport to receive their near and dear ones.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
National Child Labour Project
The National Child Labour Project  Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme. Under this Scheme the District Project Societies  are set up at the district level under the Chairmanship of the Collector/District Magistrate for overseeing the implementation of the project.
Under this Scheme, the children in the age group of 9-14 years are withdrawn from work and put into NCLP Special Training Centres, where they are provided with bridge education, vocational training, mid-day meal, stipend, health care etc. before being mainstreamed into formal education system. The children in the age group of 5-8 years are directly linked to the formal education system through a close coordination with the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Further, to ensure the effective enforcement of the provisions of the Child Labour Act and smooth implementation of NCLP Scheme, a dedicated online portal named PENCiL  is developed in order to make the NCLP successful through better monitoring and implementation ensuring the timely disposal of work with transparency.
Under this Scheme, funds are provided directly to the District Project Societies who in turn engage and allocate the funds to NGOs/Voluntary Agencies/Civil Societies Organisation etc. for running of Special Training Centres. The Grant-in-Aid released during 2018-19 under the NCLP Scheme, State-wise is given at Annexure-I.
ANNEXURE-I
Grant Released under NCLP Scheme State-wise during 2018-19 is as follows:

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|
Sl. No.
|
|
Name of State
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|
2018-19
|
|
-
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
309.46
|
|
-
|
|
Assam
|
|
1109.45
|
|
-
|
|
Gujarat
|
|
99.41
|
|
-
|
|
Haryana
|
|
234.66
|
|
-
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
|
56.14
|
|
-
|
|
Karnataka
|
|
184.23
|
|
-
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
514.34
|
|
-
|
|
Maharashtra
|
|
106.19
|
|
-
|
|
Odisha
|
|
138.62
|
|
-
|
|
Punjab
|
|
256.88
|
|
-
|
|
Rajasthan
|
|
319.46
|
|
-
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
878.53
|
|
-
|
|
Telangana
|
|
204.56
|
|
-
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
1420.72
|
|
-
|
|
West Bengal
|
|
1896.90
This information was given by Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar Union Minister of State  for Labour and Employment in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
AYUSH
Ministry of Ayush all set to explore Career paths of students in Ayush Systems
Union Minister for Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal to inaugurate a Conference on ‘Diverse and Fulfilling Career Paths in Ayush Systems’, in Guwahati on 10th sep
The Ministry of Ayush is now exploring the avenues to involve students in a more inclusive way and to build their career paths in Ayush Systems. To roll it out, the Ministry is organizing a Conference on the theme ‘Diverse and Fulfilling Career Paths in Ayush Systems-Education, Entrepreneurship & Employment Focus on North-Eastern States’. The conference will be in Guwahati, Assam, on 10th September. Union Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal along with respective Head of Ayush Institutions and Research organizations will interact with the students directly in this conference.
This is the first time that a conference focusing on students and their career choices and the potential of start-ups in the sector is being organized by the Ministry of Ayush. In August, the Ayush and health ministers of all north-eastern states had participated in a conference, organized by The Ayush Ministry, that extensively discussed the infrastructure development and promotion of Ayush medicine system.
The conference on Friday will delve upon diverse and fulfilling career paths in Ayush systems with special focus on education, entrepreneurship and employment in north-eastern states. There will be presentations on education and career opportunities in all streams of Ayush – Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani, Sowa-Rigpa, Siddha, Yoga and Naturopathy – by experts. They will also explore and discuss the industry perspective and talk about the possibility of young professionals setting up their business and start-ups.
The event will also have an interactive session of the students and scholars with the experts of the streams. The conference will have a deep focus on North Eastern States and the experts like Professor Sanjeev Sharma, Director National Institute of Ayurveda, Dr. Subhas Singh, NIII, Kolkata, Prof. Asim Ali Khan , DG, CCRS, New Delhi, Prof. Dr. Kanakavalli, DG,CCRS,Chennai, Dr. Padma Gurmeet , Director NRIS,Leh with others will speak upon research education, career opportunities in respective Ayush Systems.
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Election Commission
1.4 crore electors in eight Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh in Phase -II
Agra the largest Phase –II constituency in UP with 19,04,706 electors
16,162 polling stations to facilitate voting in the State during second phase
As many as 1,40,76,635 electors are on the Final Electoral Roll of eight constituencies in Uttar Pradesh which will go to polls in second phase of the General Election- 2019. The constituencies in this phase are - Nagina, Amroha, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Hathras, Mathura, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri.
As per the data sourced from CEO  website today, there are a total of 1,40,76,635 electors in second phase including 75,83,431 men and 64,92,326 women electors. Of these eight seats, Agra is the largest parliamentary constituency with 19,04,706 electors and Nagina is the smallest one with 15,74,994 electors.
The data sourced from ECI website shows that in previous General Election -2014, there were a total of 1,34,03,734 electors in these eight Parliamentary Constituencies. This means an increase of 6,72,901  electors since last General Elections.
The details of the number of electors in the phase -II constituencies in the upcoming and last two General Elections are given below:
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Constituency
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|
General Election Year
|
|
Number of Electors
|
|
Male
|
|
Female
|
|
Others
|
|
Total
|
|
Nagina
|
|
2019|
|
838144
|
|
736788
|
|
62
|
|
1574994
|
|
2014
|
|
795562
|
|
697765
|
|
92
|
|
1493419
|
|
2009
|
|
650927
|
|
545639
|
||
|
1196566
|
|
Amroha
|
|
2019|
|
868912
|
|
764166
|
|
108
|
|
1633186
|
|
2014
|
|
829444
|
|
714712
|
|
89
|
|
1544245
|
|
2009
|
|
641735
|
|
532180
|
||
|
1173915
|
|
Bulandshahr
|
|
2019|
|
945340
|
|
831100
|
|
127
|
|
1776567
|
|
2014
|
|
930827
|
|
805499
|
|
110
|
|
1736436
|
|
2009
|
|
810237
|
|
672512
|
||
|
1482749
|
|
Aligarh
|
|
2019|
|
1005371
|
|
871294
|
|
153
|
|
1876818
|
|
2014
|
|
965995
|
|
827010
|
|
121
|
|
1793126
|
|
2009
|
|
744060
|
|
601291
|
||
|
1345351
|
|
Hathras
|
|
2019|
|
990708
|
|
840439
|
|
69
|
|
1831216
|
|
2014
|
|
969908
|
|
788925
|
|
94
|
|
1758927
|
|
2009
|
|
799816
|
|
637909
|
||
|
1437725
|
|
Mathura
|
|
2019|
|
970318
|
|
815660
|
|
209
|
|
1786187
|
|
2014
|
|
931944
|
|
750142
|
|
174
|
|
1682260
|
|
2009
|
|
747923
|
|
593726
|
||
|
1341649
|
|
Agra
|
|
2019|
|
1040087
|
|
864522
|
|
97
|
|
1904706
|
|
2014
|
|
1003777
|
|
810896
|
|
66
|
|
1814739
|
|
2009
|
|
856239
|
|
683444
|
||
|
1539683
|
|
Fatehpur Sikri
|
|
2019|
|
924551
|
|
768357
|
|
53
|
|
1692961
|
|
2014
|
|
877271
|
|
703267
|
|
44
|
|
1580582
|
|
2009
|
|
748440
|
|
597302
|
||
|
1345742
|
|
Total – Phase II
|
|
2019|
|
7583431
|
|
6492326
|
|
878
|
|
14076635
Source - ECI websiteCEO  website
The State of Uttar Pradesh has a total of 14,40,61,892 electors  in its all 80 Lok Sabha constituencies. The State is going through seven phase polling in the current General Elections -2019. In the first phase, voting for the eight Lok Sabha seats has already taken place on April 11th, 2019 and voting for phase-II is scheduled for 18th April, 2019.
PIB Headquarters
CONDUCTING OF PENSION ADALAT BY ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH
Based on the instructions received from Nodal Ministry, Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research, a Constituent Unit of Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India is conducting Pension Adalat in their Head Office at Begumpet, Hyderabad on 23.08.2019 between 10.30 hours and 16.00 hours. All the pensioners/Family Pensioners of AMD who are having any sort of grievances with regard to Pension may attend the Adalat for instant redressal of their issues. Further, they may send their grievances in advance on e-mail Id: ao.iii.amd[at]gov[dot]in .
Ministry of Finance
Capacity Building Initiatives by DEA: Training on Public Private Partnership  by AJNIFM
The Department of Economic Affairs  in collaboration with Capacity Building Commission  has framed a Capacity Enhancement Plan  for driving relevant capacities across Ministries, State Governments, and the extended ecosystem of infrastructure execution in the country, under which both offline and online training programmes have been initiated.
Under this capacity building initiative of DEA, the 9th programme on the topic “Public Private Partnerships ” was started on 20th June 2022 with 37 participants. This 5-day  training programmr is being conducted in partnership with Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management , the Centre of Excellence in capacity building for Public Policy, Financial Management, and Governance at its campus in Faridabad,
The aim of trainings under CEP is to upgrade the capacities of officials involved in planning, executing, and implementing infrastructure projects through these training programmes. These training programmes have been structured to support realization of India’s Infrastructure Vision through successful implementation of key infrastructure programmes such as National Infrastructure Pipeline , National Monetisation Pipeline , PM GatiShakti Master Plan etc.
This year, eight training programmes have been conducted in partnership with Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore , Indian School of Business, Hyderabad , Infrastructure and Projects Authority , Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office , United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific , All India Management Association , World Bank, Indian Institute of Banking & Finance , Institute of Management, Kozhikode . The training series has seen nominations from over 250 officials that have a cross-sectoral and cross-regional mix from Line Ministries/Departments, State/UT governments and their implementing agencies to facilitate an enhanced learning environment.
Ministry of Tourism
Bharat Parv 2020 to be celebrated from 26th to 31st January
Central theme of Bharat Parv 2020 is ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ and ‘Celebrating 150 Years of Mahatma Gandhi’
To celebrate the spirit of India, the annual event Bharat Parv is being organised in Delhi this year too. Special Secretary & Financial Adviser of Ministry of Tourism Shri Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi will inaugurate the Bharat Parv tomorrow at Red fort ground in New Delhi. Bharat Parv, 2020 is being celebrated from 26th to 31st January, 2020 in front of Red Fort at Gyan Path and Red Fort grounds. The objective of Bharat Parv is to encourage Indians to visit different tourism places of India and to inculcate the spirit of ‘Dekho Apna Desh’.
The Central theme of this year’s Bharat Parv is ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ and ‘Celebrating 150 Years of Mahatma Gandhi’. Bharat Parv will be open for the General Public on 26th January, at 5.00 PM till 10.00 PM. On the remaining days 27th to 31st January, 2020 the Bharat Parv would be open from 12.00 Hrs till 10.00 PM.
Bharat Parv have many attractions for public like display of Tableaux of the Republic Day parade, performance by armed forces bands, tourism theme pavilion by State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations and line Ministries, handicraft & Handloom Stalls by the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations, Commission Handloom / Handicrafts / TRIFED, food Court by State Governments, Institutes of Hotel Management and other organizations, cultural Performances by North Central Zone Cultural Centre  and State Governments / UT Administrations and cookery demonstrations by State Governments and Institute of Hotel Management.
Entry to the Bharat Parv is free though the visitors will have to show their identity proof for entering the Parv.
Prime Minister's Office
PM to lay Foundation Stone for Manipur Water Supply Project on 23rd July 2020
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will lay the foundation Stone for Manipur Water Supply Project on 23rd July 2020 through video conferencing. The Governor, Chief Minister of Manipur and his cabinet colleagues, MPs and MLAs are expected to join the program from Imphal.
Government of India initiated the Jal Jeevan Mission to provide safe and adequate quantity drinking water to every rural household of the country by 2024 with the motto “Har Ghar Jal”. The programme also implement source sustainability measures as mandatory elements, such as recharge and reuse through grey water management, water conservation, rain water harvesting.
The Jal Jeevan Mission is based on a community approach to water and has extensive Information, Education and Communication as a key components of the mission. It looks to create a Jan Andolan for water, thereby making it everyone’s priority.
There are about 19 crore households in India. Only 24% have Freshwater Household Tap Connections . The Mission aims to provide 14, 33, 21,049 households with FHTC through partnership of all stakeholders including inter alia the State governments, Panchayat Raj Institutions and local communities.
Government of India has provided funds under Jal Jeevan Mission to Manipur for FHTCs to cover 1,185 habitations with 1, 42,749 households. Government of Manipur has planned to cover the remaining households through additional sources of funding including funds from Department for Development of North Eastern Region.
An externally funded project, the Manipur Water Supply project was designed to provide FHTCs to remaining households in Greater Imphal Planning area, 25 Towns and for 1,731 rural habitations covering 2,80,756 households in 16 Districts of Manipur. Manipur Water Supply Project is an important component of efforts of the State government to achieve the goal of Har Ghar Jal by 2024. The project outlay is about Rupees 3054.58 Crores with a loan component funded by New Development Bank.